Great Marlow School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Marlow, SL7 1JE
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
West Street, Marlow, SL7 2BR
Local ranking9th of 37 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1085
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 1 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 76.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 98.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 99.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 151
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 99.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B+
Avg A-Level Grade
44.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
44.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
226
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 44.4% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 454
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1205
- Boys
- 628 (51%)
- Girls
- 594 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1085 (113% full)
- SEND
- 6.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 3.1%
- EAL
- 11.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 5.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,905/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.0%
- Asian Indian: 8.2%
- White Other: 7.4%
- Mixed Other: 4.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
- Other: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
70.0%
White British
8.2%
Asian Indian
7.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136781
- UKPRN
- 10033699
- Establishment No.
- 4505
- Trust
- MARLOW EDUCATION TRUST
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